![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | One Too Many Long before teaming with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy starred with Billy Ruge in a series of comedies as "Plump and Runt." It was relatively short-lived, as they did 35 films together in 1915 and 1916, mainly one reels. It was the pinnacle of Ruge's career, and he disappeared from movies a few years later. Hardy moved on to bigger things (no pun intended). In this short, Plump receives an announcement of a coming visit by a rich uncle... Keywords: silent; slapstick; plump and runt; billy ruge; oliver hardy Downloads: 3,047 |  |
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